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Ticket release for SEMF 2013 on 22 March!

Today, 22 March, the tickets for Stockholm Early Music Festival 2013 are released! You can purchase your tickets online here on semf.se or book by calling our festival phone. The complete programme, information, and ticket links are available by clicking directly on the "SEMF 2013" heading in the menu.

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Sweden celebrates the first EUROPEAN DAY OF EARLY MUSIC with Bach in Swedish!

J S Bach was born on the 21st of March, the vernal equinox. This day is now dedicated to early music, of which Bach is undoubtedly one of the most well-known representatives. Stockholm Early Music Festival joins the very first REMA EUROPEAN DAY OF EARLY MUSIC with a concert that merges the music of Johann Sebastians with Swedish musical traditions - a skilled and sensitive interperetation by two top musicians.

”Bach in Swedish” with Lisa Rydberg, violin, and Gunnar Idenstam, harmonium is presented 21 March, 7.00 pm in the German Church, Gamla stan, Stockholm. The concert is also broadcast live on the Internet, through www.rema-eemn.net.

The online ticket sale for the concert closed at 1.00 pm 21 March. Tickets are available at the entrance to the German Church from 6.00 pm. Ticket price: SEK 150. Welcome!

Amazing music and horizontal listening on 9 March!

SEMF's popular series of Early Late Night Concerts continues on Saturday 9 March, 9.00 pm and 10.15 pm in the Clara Schumann Hall at Musikaliska, Stockholm.

This evening in March it is time for breathtaking 16th century vocal polyphony with the ensemble Feria VI. Enjoy music by Nicolas Gombert, Cristobal de Morales, Ludwig Senfl, and Orlando di Lasso, by candlelight.

Tickets for the concert (SEK 150 for the 9.00 pm performance and SEK 120 for the 10.15 performance) are available through semf.se or musikaliska.com

Upcoming concerts in the series take place on 6 April and 4 May.

Mattress concerts continue during the 2013 spring season!

Early Late Night Concert - SEMF's popular night concert concept that allows you to enjoy early music stretched out on a mattress - will continue in the spring. A wonderful musical experience in a cosy, intimate atmosphere!

The young Swedish trio Barocco Incantato will begin the concert series on 9 February. The ensemble focuses on music from the 17th and 18th centuries and will release their first, newly recorded album with music by De La Barre, Fontana, and Roman at the concert. You can already book your ticket here through Musikaliska! Please note that the concerts have new starting times: 9 pm and 10.15 pm respectively.

Coming dates in the series are 9 March, 6 April and 4 May. More information about the programme will be published shortly here on semf.se.

Early Christmas with SEMF Winter Festival on 24th november!

Welcome to an exclusive winter version of the Stockholm Early Music Festival, adapted to the cold season and Christmas celebrations, offering early music from afternoon to midnight! The second SEMF Christmas Edition takes place on Saturday the 24th november at Musikaliska, Nybrokajen 11, from 3 p.m. untill midnight.

Indulge yourself with music, visual arts, storytelling, and historically inspired food. Begin the day with Italian baroque, move on to folk medieval England and, later, the wonderful French performance "Monsieur Couperin's Laterna Magica." Round off the evening by lying comfortably back at the popular midnight concert.

Early music lights up the autumn darkness

SEMF's concert concept Early Late Night Concert, that allows you to listen to music in a reclining position, has become a huge success. Saturday20 October SEMF presents the programme Servirons Amour - joy, heartbreak and courtly love, in a nightly journey from medieval times to the threshold of the renaissance. The trio GUILD merges voices with flutes and harps in a programme with music by Adam de la Halle, Guillaume de Machaut, Francesco Landini, and Jacopo da Bologna.

Early Late Night Concert takes place in Clara Schumannsalen, Musikaliska, Nybrokajen 11. Two performances, 9.30pm and 10.45 pm. Welcome to a wonderful musical experience in a cosy, intimate atmosphere!